Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Lithuania
Lithuania: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 3,658 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Lithuania, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 3,658 t for pesticides (total) — agricultural use in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 21.4% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Lithuania peaked at 3,658 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 688 t, in 2000.
Lithuania ranks 75th of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 897.5 t | 695 t | 1,380 t | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,452 t | 688 t | 2,749 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,625 t | 1,804 t | 3,385 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,097 t | 2,587 t | 3,658 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More environment data for Lithuania
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.3 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 269 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 8.44 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 18.48 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 528 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.16 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 33 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 80.36 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 2,296 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Lithuania?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Lithuania was 3,658 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 3,658 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 688 t in 2000.
- How does Lithuania rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Lithuania ranks 75th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).